Building the Structure of the Robot?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by MICHAELABICK

I also think 973 does this well. Also one thing to point out for lower resource teams is that if you get the gussets cut accurately(with a waterjet sponsor namely, which are really easy to find) you can match drill your whole robot frame

Yes, our entire 2012 robot (and various parts of older robots) were held together with gussets, not welding.

We made our own cnc router, so the ability to cut arbitrary gussets in house on zero notice was helpful.

Your suggestion of having a sponsor cut gussets is totally valid, a waterjet or laser will fly through 1/16" plate.